Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Final 2011 Poll

TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of South Carolina (55-14) is ranked No. 1 in the final 2011 Collegiate Baseball newspaper NCAA Division I baseball poll.

The Gamecocks won their second consecutive national championship in baseball at the College World Series last Tuesday with a 5-2 win over Florida to sweep the championship series two games to none over the Gators.

South Carolina broke two NCAA records in the process of winning back-to-back titles as the Gamecocks have now won 11 consecutive College World Series games dating back to last season and 16 straight games in NCAA tournament action (Regionals, Super Regionals, College World Series).

South Carolina finished with a team ERA of 0.88 in five College World Series games, the fourth-lowest team ERA in CWS history and the lowest since 1972 (Arizona State, 0.68).

The Gamecocks microscopic team ERA is the lowest by a CWS champion since California in 1957 (0.60).

The Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1957 college baseball season.